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Old 8th Apr 2010, 20:04
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Wrathmonk
 
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they should be ashamed of themselves posing about wasting taxpayers' money crashing jets when there are young men risking their lives and limbs on the front line against a real threat
Are you CirrusF reborn.....?

Banter over, you say we should have QRA but not at the level know. So lets just have UK QRA and ignore any of our NATO commitments we have. How many jets on alert do you think we should have and how many crews will it take to man these 365/24/7. I know what the current answer is based on the current QRA commitment but curious to know what the TA view is. May even be able to turn this into a RN v RAF SAR force discussion as well

I also take it that given we are not fighting yesterdays war (9/11 ....!) that you would advocate the immediate scrapping of all heavy armour (cold war shock army blah) and its associated engineering support vehicles. And the Kings Horse Troop (when were horse and guns last used in anger). And all the Armys ceremonial duties (who needs horses, shiny breastplates and swords these days). Just curious.
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